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Today's Daily Mail reports that James McFadden could be set to join Rangers in a cut-price £750,000 deal. Apparently Motherwell are willing to accept an initial up front payment of just £375,000 for the 20-year-old. Sounds like a slow news day at the Mail to me.

Following the recent saga over being denied promotion to the SPL, Falkirk have decided to make a formal apporach to the Office of Fair Trading. The Bairns' appeal was thrown out by the SFA last week, and it seems that this latest move will have no bearing whatsoever on Motherwell's SPL status. Falkirk chairman Campbell Christie is quoted as saying:
"We have no quarrel with the way the SFA conducted the Appeal, but we were denied the opportunity to raise some fundamental issues which we believe are very pertinent.

"We have considered a number of legal options and we have decided that the best interests of the Club will be served by asking the Office of Fair Trading to conduct a full investigation. We believe that a lack of transparency and flexibility conspire against proper administration in Scottish football.

"By taking the OFT route, we will avoid the continuing uncertainty about next season for either Falkirk or Motherwell and there will be no cause for re-arranging fixtures that would be disruptive to Scottish football. It is a longer term action that could demonstrate we have been wrongly treated, and, therefore, commercially disadvantaged and able to seek an appropriate remedy.

"We believe that it is in the best interests of Scottish football, particularly for Clubs aspiring to play in the SPL, that there is an independent investigation into how the SPL conducts its affairs".

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